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Nicole was grateful upon hearing Jodie's kind intention, but nonetheless, she shook her head firmly. “You have no idea how thankful I am to know that you’ve never forgotten about my mother, but I don’t need you to repay me any favor. In fact, I only came here to say hello, not to accept any kind of offer.”




An agitated Jodie seized Nicole's hand. “Girl, your mother is gone, which makes it my responsibility to take care of you. Please! Let me treat you as my granddaughter.”




Nicole had no one else in her family other than her father ever since her grandparents passed away. Therefore, she couldn’t help but feel touched in the face of Jodie's benevolent smile.




“Girl, just think of me as your relative whom you can visit once in a while, okay? I know you and your mother are both righteous ladies, and I’m not asking for a lot because all I ever want is for you to live happily and peacefully.” Jodie sincerely gazed at Nicole while looking forward to hearing her answer.




Soon, Nicole eventually surrendered because she had no idea how to turn down the old madam. Although it was her first time meeting Jodie, she somehow had an intimate feeling that she hadn’t felt for a long time. Thinking that she was blessed and fortunate to have a grandmother like Jodie, Nicole nodded and responded, “Alright, Old Madam Butler.”




Then, Jodie smiled happily and replied, “Great! Then, I have one more granddaughter now.”




“Old Madam Butler, it’s time for you to take your medication now.”







“Oh yeah! I still have to take my medication, Nicole. Please take a seat first or take a walk around the garden. I’ll come to you later.”




“Sure, please go ahead and take your medication.” Nicole nodded and watched Jodie leave, making her way to the garden as she was reluctant to head to the living room because she didn’t want to see Amelia's face.




******




Meanwhile, Drake was showing Amelia around the Butler's Residence when they took a stroll in the garden. Then, he stared at her face with his piercing gaze and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that you came to visit Grandma, Amelia?”




Nonetheless, little did Drake know that Amelia was actually just doing what she could to protect her interest because she wanted to keep her position level with Nicole. If

she is going to make the Butler's Family pay her back, I'm going to earn their approval to even the odds...




"'i am in love with you, Drake. I want to take things further with you." Amelia gazed at the man with admiration as she completely bared her heart.




“Amelia, I’ll make it up to you by giving you comfort and money,” Drake answered gently, knowing clearly what he was doing. Deep down, he was sure that he would only make it up to her without compromising his relationship status.




Meanwhile, Amelia was about to tell that he had been treating her really well lately by giving her everything she wanted, but unfortunately, she wanted more than that.




 “Drake, are you in love with Nicole?” She looked up and asked, her eyes filled with resentment and bigotry.

Nonetheless, Drake only squinted without giving her an answer.




Amelia pretended to smile bitterly. “Well, Nicole hates me, especially now that she knows we were once together before. Furthermore, she was violated in the past, which left her scarred and distrustful toward men.”




Drake's face froze for a few seconds. Deep down, he somehow didn’t like to hear anything about Nicole with any other man. “Alright, that’s enough,” the man replied, appearing a little absent-minded.




At that moment, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a silhouette coming in their direction from behind the bushes and quickly realized it was Nicole. Thus, she immediately collapsed into Drake's embrace on purpose, tightly wrapping her arms around his waist. “Drake, you’re the first man I ever gave myself to, but I swear I will never fall into love with any other man in my life. I love you, Drake.”




He froze, keeping his head down with his eyes on Amelia as he was caught off guard by her unexpected confession. He calmly comforted her in panic and said, "Please

don't do this, Amelia.".




"No!I can still remember your kiss and your every breath that night, the way you went wild when you were on me...".




In the meantime, Nicole was disgusted by Amelia and Drake's touchy-feely interaction when she thought her walk in the garden would be peaceful and undisturbed. Oh gosh! Can’t they pick some place else to do what they’re doing? This is embarrassing!